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How can we give animals the best life– for them? What does an animal need to be happy? In her groundbreaking, best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her experience as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think, act, and feel. Now she builds on those insights to show us how to give our animals the best and happiest life– on their terms, not ours. Knowing what cau… More >>
Seems to be a problem, does not hold your place in the book. Everytime I go to read I am stuck back at the biginning and cannot get back to where I was. I gave up trying. Sounded like it could be good but from what little I have managed to read it’s not what I expected from the title. Not one I would consider.
Rating: 1 / 5
If animals have feelings, maybe then that – just before being slaughtered – they feel the same feelings as the the people in the Holocaust, just before entering the gas chambers. It’s a pity we cannot ask them anymore. So, since not a single one is going to be able to tell it, let’s just forget it and go on with the killing. Bon appétit.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was going to buy Grandin’s book until I read T. Harless’ comment. By any standard definition, cats are truly domestic animals who seek out human companionship and, yes, love. Just ask the innumerable strays whom humans have taken into their homes (and laps, couches, chairs and beds) over the centuries. Moreover, Grandin’s comment about cat survival in the wild ignores the fact that cats in the wild live about a year and change on average, as opposed to cats in a home who typically have a lifespan north of 10 years. So, if that fits your definition of survival, then yes, Temple Grandin is right. But it’s disingenuous and unfair.
Rating: 2 / 5
as usual temple reveals many interesting things regarding animal life and how we can improve it
Rating: 4 / 5
Grandin shares her wealth of knowledge about animals, though the book is not what I expected from the first half of the title.
Rating: 4 / 5